Alberta News

EDMONTON — A University of Alberta researcher has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine — the first time Canadian medical science has been so recognized in nearly a century.

CALGARY — Texas-based suitor Wilks Brothers, LLC, is sweetening its hostile takeover offer for Calgary-based Calfrac Well Services Ltd. by raising its bid to 25 cents per share from 18 cents. The bid carries a maximum cash payout of $21.

CALGARY — Lawyers for a mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party are appealing a decision to deny him some privileges.

CALGARY — Oilsands and retail fuel giant Suncor Energy Inc. says it will eliminate as many as 1,930 jobs over the next 18 months as a result of cost-cutting to deal with low oil prices and market volatility.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. handed out millions in compensation and salary increases to executives as the company was laying off at least 1,000 workers and reporting billions in losses.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway says it had a record-setting third quarter for Canadian grain shipments, building on a year that has already seen unprecedented hauls of the crop. The Calgary-based company says it moved 7.

CALGARY — Shareholders in Calgary-based Painted Pony Energy Ltd. have approved its sale to much larger Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. for 69 cents per share.

CALGARY — Defencemen and goaltending top Brad Treliving's list of priorities as the Calgary Flames general manager prepares for a busy business week in the NHL.

EDMONTON — Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province won't be cancelling Halloween over COVID-19 fears. But Dr. Deena Hinshaw says that means parents and kids have to make sure the fright-fest is scary for the right reasons.

EDMONTON — A long, lingering fall across much of the Prairies is putting crops in the bin early this year, allowing farmers to take advantage of improving prices.